Job 8:22

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 8:20-22

Bildad here, in the close of his discourse, sums up what he has to say in a few words, setting before Job life and death, the blessing and the curse, assuring him that as he was so he should fare, and therefore they might conclude that as he fared so he was. 1. On the one hand, if he were a perfect upright man, God would not cast him away, Job 8:20. Though now he seemed forsaken of God, he would yet return to him, and by degrees would turn his mourning into dancing (Ps. 30:11) and comforts... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 8:22

They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame ,.... The Chaldeans and Sabeans, who had plundered him of his substance, when they should see him restored to his former prosperity, beyond all hope and expectation, and themselves liable to his resentment, and under the displeasure of Providence: the phrase denotes utter confusion, and such as is visible as the clothes upon a man's back; see Psalm 132:18 , and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to naught ; or, "shall not be" ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:1-22

Shall not the Judge of all … do right? The supposed attack of Job , by implication, upon the justice of God gives an opening for renewed admonitions and rebukes on the part of his friends. Bildad now comes forward and delivers a discourse full of noble faith, however its principles may be in this case misapplied. Rebuking the grievous complaints of Job as a wind, full of noise and emptiness (verse 2), he proceeds— I. TO INSIST ON THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD . This is an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:8-22

Bildad to Job: 2. Wisdom from the ancients. I. THE TEACHERS . The world's gray fathers, not the immediate predecessors of Job, Bildad, and their contemporaries, but the progenitors of these—their remote ancestors, who are here described as: 1 . Early born. In contrast to the men of Job's time, who are characterized as being late born, literally, "yesterday;" i.e. of yesterday, as if ascending the stream of time meant the same thing as approaching the primal fountains of truth—a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:20-22

God's care of the perfect man. To the Book of Job may all sufferers turn for consolation; for though Job is both covertly and openly reproached by his friends, yet through their words there shine many clear statements of truth, and many just reflections on the wisdom, the goodness, and the wise government of God. The Divine care of the upright is very strikingly affirmed. God's care of the perfect man is— I. TENDER . God does not "cast away" nor despise him, but gently leads him by the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:22

They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame (comp. Psalms 35:26 ); and the dwelling-place (literally, tent, or tabernacle ) of the wicked shall come to nought (literally, shall not be ) . The words are involved and obscure, because Bildad does not wish to make his meaning plain. He has to invent phrases which may cut both ways, and, while they seem directed against Job's enemies, may pain and wound Job himself. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 8:22

They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame - When they see your returning prosperity, and the evidences of the divine favor. They will then be ashamed that they regarded you as a hypocrite, and that they reproached you in your trials.And the dwelling-place of the wicked ... - The wicked shall be destroyed, and his family shall pass away. That is, God will favor the righteous, but punish the wicked. This opinion the friends of Job maintain all along, and by this they urge him to forsake his... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 8:22

Job 8:22. They that hate thee That rejoice in thy calamities; shall be clothed with shame That is, shall be wholly covered with it, shall be utterly confounded, when they shall observe thee, whom they have despised and insulted over, to be wonderfully restored to thy former or greater felicity. And the dwelling-place of the wicked Either, particularly, of thy enemies, who acted so unworthily and wickedly toward thee; or, more generally, of all wicked men; shall come to naught Having... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 8:1-22

Bildad speaks (8:1-22)After rebuking Job for his wild words against God, Bildad tells him that God is always just. Completely lacking in sympathy, Bildad reminds Job that his children have died, and cruelly concludes that it must have been because of their sin (8:1-4). Job’s suffering must likewise be because of his sin. If, however, he is innocent, he need only pray humbly to God, and God will replace his suffering with greater blessing than he had before (5-7).For Bildad the traditional... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 8:22

clothed with shame. Compare Psalms 35:26 ; Psalms 109:29 ; Psalms 132:18 . dwelling place = tent. wicked = lawless. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44 . read more

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